All Nippon Airways is to return to Perth, Australia, three times a week from October 29, 2023, with flights on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.

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The All Nippon service, suspended in March 2020, will be operated by a Boeing 787-9 with 48 business class, 21 premium economy and 146 economy seats (Photo above shows 787-8).

From March 30, 2024, the service will go to daily and in April the airline will change to another 787-9 configuration with 39 business class, 14 premium economy and 186 economy seats.

The flight will operate to Tokyo’s Narita Airport.

Seats went on sale today.

All Nippon Airways is Japan’s largest airline and the flight from Perth offers excellent connections to Europe and North America as well as North Asia.

Maki Matsuzaki, Managing Director for Australia/Oceania Region & General Manager, Sydney Branch, said this news is a great step forward in ANA’s post-COVID recovery efforts.

“We are excited to resume the Perth to Tokyo (Narita) Route for our Australian travellers to visit Japan. Together with the double daily flights from Sydney to Tokyo (Haneda) and ANA’s strong domestic network, we look forward to welcoming customers back on our 5-star hospitality on board. ANA will continue to build and expand its network to meet the demand for travel to and from Japan.”

All Nippon Airways is the first of a number of international airlines that are expected to return to WA.

China Southern, Thai International, South African Airways and Citilink are all expected to announce the restart of services soon.

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